Prostate cancer risk for transgender women

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Transgender women keep their prostates even after gender-affirming surgery, but the extent to which they remain at risk of prostate cancer has been unclear The study drew on 22 years of data from the Veterans Affairs Health System. Although the sample size was necessarily small, it is still the largest study of its kind. Transgender people often face discrimination and disparities, and there has been a growing acknowledgement of the complexities involved in their health care. The study found 155 confirmed transgender women with prostate cancer and stratified them according to whether they had used estrogen: 116 had never used estrogen, 17 had once used estrogen but stopped before they were diagnosed with prostate cancer, and 22 were actively on estrogen
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[@davidcarpenter8741]

They are not women. No amount of surgery, drugs and bad make up will change that.

[@JP_IN_TX]

The video needs to read "Men with prostate cancer".

[@bertram46]

Men in a dress men

[@xploration1437]

Funnier than SNL.

[@Governmentiscorrupt]

Is this a joke?